OMG - what a horrible situation to be in. I can understand completely, you not wanting to upset your mother's applecart more than it already has been. I think it's rather careless that the staff of the home would ever expect you to do it anyway.

And I'd say that they certainly have fallen down on THEIR job and responsibilities. Considering your geographic location and the unpredictable weather that you may get more often than the rest of the country, you'd think it would be MANDATORY that they have an emergency generator, or a backup plan for somewhere to take the patients in a situation such as this. I know it must cost an arm and a leg to live at such a facility, and to have them not be prepared, is totally ludicrous IMO!!! WOW - just WOW!!!

I hope that you get to see your Mom soon, and that she understands (even maybe a little), why you couldn't be with her today.

Go give Prue a big hug - and feel better.